Delaware Field Trips

Fall offers many curriculum based outdoor activities including visits to Farms for pick-your-own & maze fun, Botanical Gardens to study the changes in trees & plants and Living History sites for hands-on activities. To help plan September curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, try these themed celebration. Sept. 6: National Read a Book Day. Sept. 15: Greenpeace Day. Sept. 17: Constitution Day, Citizenship Day. Sept. 22: Native American Day. Sept. 23: Autumnal Equinox Day. Sept 24: National Punctuation Day. Monthly observances: Hispanic Heritage Month. Library Card Sign-Up Month. National Courtesy Month. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for further field trip information. For those unable to travel to these locations, check out the Virtual Field Trips section or Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

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Delaware Capitol

Increase your knowledge of Delaware’s history. At the Delaware Capitol, take a tour of the Legislative Hall, that has been the home of Delaware’s General Assembly since 1933.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
DoverTEL - 302-739-9194 Read More

Delaware Center for Horticulture

The Delaware Center for Horticulture’s teaching garden lets visitors study a diverse range of plants, and educational workshops on different elements of horticulture and ecology.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities, Outreach. COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
WilmingtonTEL - 302-658-6262 Read More

Delaware Contemporary

The Delaware Contemporary focuses on the understanding of the contemporary arts in Delaware with over 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally, and internationally artists.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities. COST - Fee, Free, Title I GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
WilmingtonTEL - 302-656-6466 Read More

Delaware Shakespeare Festival

The Delaware Shakespeare Festival performs a different play in Rockland Park each summer. Before the show, two actors from the production offer insight into the evening’s play.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Guided Activities, Performances. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - Scout, Homeschool DELAWARE
WilmingtonTEL - 302-415-3373 Read More

Delaware Theatre Company

The Delaware Theatre Company is Delaware’s premier professional theater. It offers a five-show season with an assortment of plays and musicals, including new works and classics.

GRADE LEVEL - Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Performances, Outreach, Fundraising. COST - Fee, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool DELAWARE
WilmingtonTEL - 302-594-1104 Read More

Iron Hill Museum

Learn about the natural history of Delaware at the Iron Hill Museum. Housed within a schoolhouse, the museum offers programs and exhibits on wildlife, archaeology, and natural history.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities, Outreach. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
NewarkTEL - 302-368-5703 Read More

Loblolly Acres

Loblolly Acres offers pick-your-own, a petting zoo, a corn maze and tours that allow groups to learn a bit about farming practices, trees, seeds, and plant life in Delaware. Visit their petting zoo to see burros, horses, Freedom the donkey, and more!

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
WoodsideTEL - 302-632-6797 Read More

Monsey Tours

Monsey Tours is a New York-based Charter Bus Company, providing transportation opportunities to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada with a fleet of state-of-the-art Motor Coaches.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
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New York City
PENNSYLVANIATEL - 800-232-8687, 718-623-9000 Read More

Mt. Cuba Center

Mt. Cuba Center on 550 acres in Delaware’s Appalachian Piedmont with natural rolling hills, stream valleys, rock outcrops, deciduous forests, and the notable flora and fauna of the region. Guided group tours cover seasonal highlights and ecological gardening.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
HockessinTEL - 302-239-4244 Read More

Peak Performance Tours

For over 20 years, Peak Performance designs the perfect customized tour for your students and youth group. They pride themselves on not only the customized packages that they design, but also the personal service they bring to each client.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
NEW JERSEY
PENNSYLVANIATEL - 800-220-0165 Read More

Playhouse on Rodney Square

The Playhouse On Rodney Square hosts touring artists each season and features an outreach program called Broadway Discovery to Delaware schools and educational organizations.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities, Performances, Outreach. COST - Fee, Title I, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool DELAWARE
WilmingtonTEL - 302-888-0200 Read More

Ramsey’s Farm

The Ramsey Farm offers programs throughout October. Field trips include a narrated, educational hayride; pick-your-own pumpkin from the field; visit to the various mazes; and visit with farm animals.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities. COST - Fee, Title I, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family DELAWARE
WilmingtonTEL - 302-540-4680 Read More

FieldTripdirectory.com offers educational experiences for Delaware school groups, scout groups, homeschool groups, camp groups and families at Delaware Museums.

Delaware museums offer field trips that offer hands-on exhibits, guided tours and guided activities for early childhood through high school grades. Delaware has Delaware art museums, Delaware science museums, Delaware history museums, Delaware multicultural museums and Delaware children’s museums. All museums listing on fieldtripdirectory.com offers programs and tours for youth groups and families. Beside museums, you can search for other learning attractions such as Delaware Botanical Gardens, Planetariums, Living History Programs, STEM & STEAM, Planetariums, Farms, Zoos and Aquariums, Theaters and Concerts, Service Learning and more.

Can’t go on a field trip to a museum, your students, scouts, and families can still experience these fun enriching experience by scheduling a Museum Virtual Field Trip anywhere and at anytime.

Want the fun to come to you- book a School Assembly Programs, Outreach Field Trips or Residency at your school, homeschool association or scout council. They support and enhance a school’s curriculum, offers opportunities for scout badge achievement and enriches a camp program. There are mobile museum exhibits, traveling planetariums and classroom and grade level workshops and residencies.

To help fund field trips, virtual programs and school assembly programs visit our section on Grants and Fundraising Programs.

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